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But in reality, there is no free lunch. Workers would be the ones who would pay, not get paid extra.

there is nothing to prevent a business like Mr. Leland or Temple University Hospital for a select group of employees to have a policy which would be 32 hours a week.

The requirement to pay overtime over 8 hours will be a significant economic adverse impact on many companies.

Flexibility is what we need.

We commend the Committee for starting a discussion about the Fair Labor Standards Act.

I have the privilege to speak briefly about my friend, Bishop Larry Brandon, who opened up the Senate with prayer. I feel like, with all these pastors--you and Chaplain Barry Black and Bishop Brandon--he is also a remarkable man who has a…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 9, after line 5, insert the following: SEC. 7. FEDERAL USE IT OR LOSE IT LEASES ACT. (a) Reporting of…

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for promoting this legislation, for carrying it through the committee. Let me provide a little bit of background because I think there has been some confusion here. If we look at occupancy rates of…

I am here to talk about flood insurance, an issue facing Louisiana, and, I am sorry to say, an issue now facing the Presiding Officer's State. Floods can occur anywhere--for example, on the top of a mountaintop. People don't realize that…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Butler). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Louisiana.

I thank Representative Cherfilus-McCormick for yielding. Madam Speaker, the treatment of Black men and boys in our society is not a new issue. It demands our urgent attention and decisive action. The statistics paint a grim picture. The…

Third party candidates matter.

That's how you win close elections in states that are decided by 10,000, 20,000, 25,000 votes.

If you're the Trump campaign, you have to look at that and say, what's our problem in the suburbs?

You address your weaknesses. At this point in the campaign, you're the nominee. They have eight months to November. You address your weaknesses and you try to build on your strengths.

But as an American, call us crazy, we would think that a security fee might be used for security.

But this money is being diverted. At some point in this town, a decision was made, let's just take that money from its intended purpose and move it over here.

I think everyone deserves to be able to evaluate and explore how you arrive at these numbers.